# waning

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈweɪ.nɪŋ/ · frequency rank #27,334

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of wane

## Etymology
From Middle English waninge, alteration of earlier waniand, waniende, from Old English waniende, from Proto-Germanic *wanōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *wanōną (“to wane”), equivalent to wane + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **wing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-wing)
- **wanna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-wanna)
- **wring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-wring)
- **waving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-waving)
- **wiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-wiring)
- **wiping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-wiping)
- **waxing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-waxing)
- **wooing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-wooing)
- **waring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-waring)
- **Woking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-woking)
- **winning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-winning)
- **wearing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-wearing)
- **warning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-warning)
- **wanting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-wanting)
- **washing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-washing)
- **wasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-wasting)
- **warming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-warming)
- **winding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-winding)
- **whining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-whining)
- **weaving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waning-vs-weaving)

## Common misspellings (8)
`wainng`, `wanign`, `waningg`, `waninng`, `wannig`, `wanning`, `wnaing`, `wwaning`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/waning